4 Sonos One speakers in one living room

Hi. Whether that would be overkill or not is a matter of personal preference.  I don’t think that is excessive for that size of room.  But if you want more even sound you should group all four speakers rather than stereo pair them.

PS.  You might get One SLs for the extra two speakers as you might not want or need Alexa on all four devices.

When you’re lying on your sofa the only audio level changes will be in the music itself, so you shouldn’t need any additional speakers.

Cool, I'll do it. I'm picking up a used Sonos One from a friend who doesn't really use it, so just need to get one more. 

I considered mono mode, but i listen to a lot of psychedelic music that pans sounds from left to right. I love that feeling of noise moving across the room. 

You might like the front R-L pairing and the rear Paring flipped to L-R.

You could also do that and add the third center pair in mono and see if you get the imaging you like.

In two different shops I have been told that I can only pair 4 sonos one together in mono. Where’s the truth now? I couldn’t find the answer anywhere.

Would I be able to add a sub to the same group of 4 sonos one?

Thanks guys in advance.

I’m not sure how to interpret that. Four Sonos speakers of the same type can be set up in three ways:

1. Four individual mono “rooms”.
2. One stereo pair “room” and two mono “rooms”
3. two stereo pairs, each in a “room”

Any and all of these can be grouped together to play the same thing, in sync.

Note that the term “room” in the Sonos world defines a zone, or set of speaker(s), and has nothing whatsoever to do with physical location. 

The Sonos SUB can be bonded with a single “room”. So it would play in sync with any of the three options above, as long as it was bonded to one of the rooms. 

Hi Bruce, Thank you for your reply!!!

Please forgive my english as not my first language.

I have a squared living room and need 1 speaker at each corner + 1 sub. 

From your message I understand that I can’t have 1 room with 4 sonos one and 1 sub. 

The reason why I am asking is because at high volumes 1 pair of sonos one playing music would make crackling sound with very low frequencies at high volume.

But if you add a sub it will play really good as you probably know.

Now if I create another room with just 2 sonos one and have it play music together with the room with 2 sonos one + sub I will still hear that crackling sound generated by the room without sub..

any suggestion guys? thanks..

Have you proven this crackling issue? While I’ve never reached anything near full volume on either my PLAY:1s or my Sonos Ones, I’ve absolutely never had an issue with crackling. If that’s a problem for you, I would contact Sonos Support directly to discuss it.

If I were you, I’d start with a stereo pair, and bond the SUB to that. Try it out, and then see if you feel the need for another pair.

If you listen to music at that high a volume, you may want to consider the PLAY:5 rather than the Sonos One, it’s a physically larger speaker that can move more air, due to simple physics.